Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-11
or GENERAL INTEREST.

that hsWks keep game birds in good
condition by killing those which are
sickly and weak.
"A coloTed woman put ninety-IouE
dollars in a Baltimore savings bank IN
1897, and when il was drawn out n.y.
her descendants the other day 1t had
increased a little over two thousand
three hundred dollars
The old seashOTe resort advertise
ments, which have been doing duty for
several seasons, speak again OF ''inV1gO-
rating sea air and all the benefits Oh an
ocean voyage without any OF the eslS-
comforts associated with a transatlaz-
tic trip"
"A reporter was recently challenged
in Arkansas by an angry bridegroom
because in describing the bridal festiV-
tiles he wrote that the youthful
groom-a young jockey-seemed de-
pressed by the responsibilities OF hlS
bride day."
Daniel OConnell. = of Stamford,
vt, was attacked by a bear in the
bushes, near North Adams. Mass, the
other day, and Was being badly worstede
when, by his dogs interference, he
managed to escape. The dog has not
been seen since.
1t is as diffiealt to catalogue BOOKS
as It is to catalogue some other things.
A librarian in a Boston library lately
confessed that work on Gar-eek
Roots" was found entered under agri-
culture, and book entitled Tho
Fountain of Life" under water.-C Chris
tidn Register.
The addition of oatmeal to drinking
water makes it nutritfve, satisfying and
agreeable to the stomach. For labOreTs
it makes a useful addition to the dies
costs but little and repays the small
outlay in the form of increased ability
to perform labor, either physical OF
mentaL-M Y HerGLd-
Near Chico, Cal, the other day o.
cat attacked a nest of Guails, and seiz-
ing the mother was carrying her or,
when the male bird put in an appear
ance and made such sharp attack
with his beak and wings upon the caG
that she was obliged to drop her prey q
and scamper. The two birds got upon
the fence and witnessed her flight with
evident pleasure.
An ingenious visitor at a seashore
resort occupied his leisure moments by
catching jelly-fish. When he had oven
a hundred he strung them together,
and with q round wooden ball with
two glass eyes, having a light inside
he constructed head. The hotel Wis
itors who saw the phosphorescent mos
steF moving through the water thought
a sea serpent had arrived
Joseph Smith, of Chicago dreamed
the other night that he fell from a third
story window to- the pavement. He got
up, and looked out of the window to see
if the dream was true, and he found a
burglar coming up a ladder to enter
his rooms and rob him. He gave the
ladder-a push, the burglar got a hard
fall, and Joseph returned to- bed to see
if he couldn't astonish the country some
more--Det7'oit Free Press.
Speaking of the changes In the cli-
mate of Nevada the VirginiS City En-
terprIse says: -eAbout three thousand
head of sheep arg now finding album
dant pasturage IN the vicinity of this
CITY,, where twenty years ago a whip
poorwilr could not fly over the country
without carrying sack of provisions.
Gradually the summer season here has
changed. We now have seasonable
showers and grass where two decades
ago all was drouth and barrenness. .
Fifty years ago Michael Schmidt.
now a well-to-do farmer near St Louis,
came. to this country. He was then
twelve years old When he came of
age he began voting, and it WAS not
until the other day that he learned that
he ought to have taken out naturaliza-
ton papers. He had thought that he
was a citizen because he came To this
country before he was. eighteen years
old. His vote was never challenged
He has now become citizen according
to law.
Marshall, Miss, boasts of a baby
eleven months old that whistles. Bat
tie Greek has got a baby boy three
years old that spends all his pennies
for cigars. and has been known to
smoke five In one day. He will steal a.
pipe and beg passers-by for smoking
tobacco. The boy has perfect mania
for tobacco that developed itself before
he could talk, when the yOungster
would crawl up TO his fathers clothes
and steel cigars out Of his pockets to
smoke He " ears dresses and is small
for his age.
Mime. Candelaria. although ninety
nine years old. is not only in full pos
session, but also the enjoyment, of all
her faculties She moves about her
little house in Laredo street, San An
tonic, as bright and as busy as bee
She is held very dear by her towns
people on account Of her romantic and